iraq-developments- (factbox)-0821-08

Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1145 GMT on
Sunday.
BAGHDAD - The body of a Peshmerga guard was found with
traces of suffocation and torture in Baghdad's northeastern Sadr
City district, an Interior Ministry source said.
MOSUL - Gunmen threw two hand grenades at a police
checkpoint and wounded two policemen in central Mosul, 390 km
(240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - A sticky bomb attached to a car carrying a
security guard for the oil minister wounded him and a nearby
shop owner when it went off in Baghdad's west-central Utaifiya
district, a police officer at the scene said.
BAGHDAD - Two roadside bombs exploded in quick succession
and wounded six people in Baghdad's northwestern Hurriya
district late on Saturday, an Interior Ministry source said. The
source said the first bomb targeted an Iraqi army patrol and
wounded two soldiers while the second exploded when a police
patrol arrived at the site of the first bombing, wounding two
policemen.
BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb went off and wounded two people in
Baghdad's southeastern Zaafaraniya district late on Saturday, an
Interior Ministry source said.
(Compiled by Baghdad bureau)